What does learning new words have to do with great writing? Everything.

Words are the bricks to build your ideas and clarify your thoughts to others - and whether you're sculpting great phrases, great paragraphs, or great pieces of writing, your word know-how is critical to your success.

EB Conroy's Simpli- ed Vocabulary Guide helps you learn almost 800 must-know words for academic writing -- including pronunciations, de-finitions, and examples of how to use the words in sentences. Words are presented in 32 lists, with 22 to 25 words per list in an easy--to--use format - giving you...